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Related: About this forumGen. Milley: 'I Am Not Qualified To Determine The Mental Health Of The President' - MSNBC
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley took time to address the calls he had with Chinese official near the end of the Trump presidency with efforts to assure they would not be attacked and assured that "my task at that time was to de-escalate." Aired on 09/28/2021.
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Gen. Milley: 'I Am Not Qualified To Determine The Mental Health Of The President' - MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2021
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But he is qualified to identify a danger to the nation and that's why he reacted
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2021
#4
That's problematic. That's passing on the responsibility to someone else.
Baitball Blogger
Sep 2021
#7
Sneederbunk
(14,277 posts)1. No, but he can guess like the rest of us.
Rhiannon12866
(204,714 posts)2. And he reacted appropriately to what was obvious to everyone
No one needs to have a psychology degree to be alarmed by dangerous behavior.
bottomofthehill
(8,318 posts)3. He is a general not a shrink.
Rhiannon12866
(204,714 posts)4. But he is qualified to identify a danger to the nation and that's why he reacted
bottomofthehill
(8,318 posts)5. In my mind, he clearly did the right thing
And even further by his explanation today
Rhiannon12866
(204,714 posts)6. Agreed!
Baitball Blogger
(46,682 posts)7. That's problematic. That's passing on the responsibility to someone else.
He has eyes. He has judgment. We need everyone who is close to the president pitching in when there's a question of mental health.
magicguido
(6,315 posts)8. the orange goon was ITCHING to use Nuclear Weapons
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Rhiannon12866
(204,714 posts)9. He's only looking for attention, good or bad, it doesn't matter to him
In Mary Trump's book, she said she was afraid he would provoke a war or stumble into one, he is that clueless and reactive.